Today, Prime Minister Boris Johnson received what the i newspaper calls a “flurry of letters” from doctors, academics, religious leaders,…
Category: Mitigation
Accounting matters: Is the UK taking enough responsibility for their share in global greenhouse gas emissions?
Imperial undergraduate Lisa Winkler, who recently completed an Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme at the Grantham Institute, blogs on her experience…
Does climate change mitigation modelling need its own R?
Dr Ajay Gambhir, Senior Research Fellow at the Grantham Institute, considers what climate scientists could learn from the COVID-19 crisis…
Coronavirus: How we emerge from this terrible crisis could push us into a better future
The Grantham Institute’s Dr Alex Koberle blogs on how the response to COVID-19 could help shape a sustainable, resilient future….
Coronavirus and climate change: “There is much uncertainty, and much to play for”
The Grantham Institute’s Dr Ajay Gambhir blogs on how learning from the coronavirus crisis could help place the world on…
Antarctica at 200: why the ‘climate decade’ must secure the future for Antarctica
Following an Imperial Lates event focused on what the future may hold for Antarctica, Richard Knight, former student on Imperial’s MSc Environmental Technology course, blogs on how vulnerable the continent…
Reducing demand for air travel starts at work
Laura Warwick, Research Postgraduate on the Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet Doctoral Training Partnership, says flying shouldn’t be…
Salt marshes or sea walls? Preventing coastal flooding in the UK
Nick Reynard, Lizzie Ellison and Amy Wilson, Research Postgraduates on the Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet DTP, consider…
Climate change: Teaching our unknowable future
Grantham Institute Lecturer Dr Joeri Rogelj says when it comes to climate change education, ‘stories about the future’ help people…
Fracking Q&A: The background, the ban and what’s coming next
Last weekend, the United Kingdom Government announced a moratorium on fracking, based on evidence from a report by the Oil…